The Space Pirate

The Space Pirate (abbreviated as TSP) is a gameplay mod for the GZDoom source port by Carlos Sanchez (Cardboard Marty) and DrPyspy, originally released in 2013 and later rebooted in 2021.

The mod puts a heavy emphasis on melee combat, featuring a unique combo system and a variety of weaponry. The original 2013 release (retroactively referred to as the Legacy Version) took place in the Weaselverse series of gameplay mods by Corwin Brence (WildWeasel) and featured coding assistance by scroton. In 2021, the project was rebooted completely, with DrPyspy now being attached to the project. This version of the project received a major overhaul with new gameplay mechanics, a new art direction, and an original soundtrack. The mod is also notable for featuring a fully-voiced protagonist.

The first demo for the rebooted version, titled The Space Pirate: First Hunt, was released in October 2021. The demo focused on the new Bounty Hunters gameplay mode and featured a new map as well as several selectable loadouts to choose from.

Game Modes

 * Bounty Hunters: The only mode available in the 2021 version's First Hunt demo. The player is tasked with achieving a high score and keeping a continuous kill streak in an arena as monsters continually spawn. The map contains time crystals which will add to the available time left on the map once broken as well as score-enhancing combo crystals. After the time runs out, the player is shown a tally screen which displays their longest kill streak as well as the amount of monsters killed.

Objects

 * Time crystal: Adds an additional thirty seconds to the available time left on the map in Bounty Hunters. The time crystal can only be broken using melee attacks. In version 0.2, these are still present on the map in the Unlimited Battle mode which removes the timer altogether, but can still be broken to no effect.
 * Combo crystal: Doubles the score for every kill for thirty seconds. These crystals can be broken using any weapon.

Levels (Bounty Hunters)

 * by Cardboard Marty

Soundtrack

 * BH_BZ: "Sylenth Assassin (for Battle Zone)" by Blue Vertigo
 * Title screen: "The First Hunt" by Blue Vertigo
 * Intermission screen: "Ataraxis" by Blue Vertigo